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The Gannette Co., Inc. presented five year summary as part of its 2001 annual report.

C. Based on these data compute the following for 1999 - 2001
2. Percentage of earnings retained

2001 2000 1999
Net Income 831,197,000 1,719,077,000 957,928,000
Total dividends
Declared 238,301,000 228,212,000 228,781,000

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